Spring back chair



June 12, 1956 B. FINER SPRING BACK CHAIR Filed Feb. 9, 1954 INVENTORBaewme 0 F/lvaz ATTORNEY United States Patent SPRING BACK CHAIR BernardFiner, Forest Hills, N. Y. Application February 9, 1954, Serial No.409,216

1 Claim. (Cl. 155179) The invention relates to a reclining chair.

It is the main object of the invention to improve the sitting comfort ofthe chair.

It is a further object of the invention to eliminate the sometimes verydisagreeable pressure action created by the customary back rests of thechairs onto the person reclining in the chair.

With these and additional objects in view which will become apparent asthis specification proceeds, the invention will now be described more indetail and with reference to the attached drawing illustrating apreferred em bodiment thereof.

In the drawing,

Fig. l is a perspective view of the instant reclining chair;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal view on line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view similar to Fig. 2 of a furthermodification of the invention; and

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

The reclining chair shown in the drawing, is in the customary mannerprovided with feet 8, a seat 9, and a back rest.

This back rest, forming the invention characteristics of the chair, iscomposed of two rearwardly inclined lateral tubular rods 1 connectedwith the seat 9. The two rods 1 are connected by vertically superposedsinuous-shaped springs 3 of a slightly resilient material and preferablyof a resilient steel.

These sinuous-shaped springs 3 enter into the tubular rods 1, Fig. 2,and encircle with their circularly bent ends 4 the rods 5 axiallylocated in the tubes 1.

In conformity with Fig. 4 the sinuous-shaped springs 3 are enclosed by atubular cover 6.

As further apparent from Fig. 1 a slightly outwardly bent rod 7 locatedunderneath the spirally shaped rods 3 connect the two lateral rods 1.

As apparent from the above the back rest of the chair is composed ofupper resilient members 3 and a lower solid rod member 7.

It is important that the upper resilient back members 3 enter into thelateral member 1 and embrace with their ends the inner rods 5. In thismanner and in combination with the lower rod 7 a comfortable support issecured for the back of the seated person.

By adjusting the resilient members or spirals 3 the resiliency and thesitting capacity of the chair can be varied.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and differentembodiments of the invention could be made without departing from thescope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the abovedescription or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

In a reclining chair, a seat, a back rest consisting of two lateralrearwardly inclined and downwardly converging tubular supports attachedat their lower ends to said seat, center rods in said tubular supportsending short of the upper ends of the same, a plurality of verticallyand spacedly superposed horizontal bow-shaped springs having a sinuousconfiguration, entering said tubular supports with their ends embracingsaid center rods, said spring being enclosed by a tubular cover and abow-shaped cross-rod connecting said tubular supports and being locatedunderneath the lowest of said horizontal springs.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS848,470 Kountz Mar. 26, 1907 1,189,963 Jones July 4, 1916 1,639,422Barna Aug. 16, 1927 1,908,902 Knoll May 16, 1933 FOREIGN PATENTS 528,431Great Britain Oct. 29, 1940 865,955 Germany Feb. 5, 1953

